Elements of Funky Gaming — Battletoads Takes the Cake

November 15, 2007 NES No Comments

What does it take to make a funky game? Well, that depends on what you mean by funky. If you take one part impossibly difficult game, one part tougher American than Japanese version and one part retro-brand battle from the early ’90s, then you definitely have a funky game on your hands.

What game out there exists to meet these exacting funky standards?

Battletoads.

It’s so amazing and funky that my good friends over at FunkDeli would back me up on this one.

Wait…isn’t Battletoads just a rip-off of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?

You’re damn right it is, but that’s just the beginning of this fantastically funky tale. Read the rest…